The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

How did Earth transform from a hostile, acidic ocean world to one that nurtured life? Scientists at Yale and in Singapore ...

“The African continent is undergoing a slow, monumental split due to tectonic plate movements in the Afar Triangle. A new ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

ROCKVILLE, MD – Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a ...

Climate change is depleting vital ocean nutrients, disrupting marine ecosystems, and threatening food webs, a new study finds ...

Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

“This work presents by far the most comprehensive whole-Earth system model to estimate how ocean pH likely evolved during Earth’s history.” The term pH (“potential of hydrogen”) is a measure of the ...